SB2014091807 - Amazon Linux AMI update for libXtst
Published: September 18, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014091807
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2063)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Integer overflow in X.org libXtst 1.2.1 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the XRecordGetContext function.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.